Re: God forbid anyone should like anything!


pmfan57 wrote:
> I agree about the word valuable. But comparing two people's skills is
> not the same thing. It's no more like saying that (less valuable as
> human beings) than saying Jeremy Wariner can outrun you means he's more
> valuable as a human being. Or Kasparov can out-chess you. It doesn't
> mean you're not a good person because you can't play chess as well as
> he can. But yet you can't.

What Tom is doing is common in today's world. People who are
deficient in areas they wish they weren't tend to use whatever
means necessary to equalize eveything and remove value from
everything so that they can feel better about their own level,
which is almost always a low one.

Bragging about his money, as Tom does, speaks volumes about
him and his life and what he's upset about not acheiving, even
though he's convinced himself that he's capable of anything
musically. If people like him admit to value in art, it will become
clear to them that they have failed in it, and they do not want
to do this.

He has no problem making value judgements when it suits him,
yet at other times, he compares some ridiculous Japanese
pop band to Coltrane. Because he is lacking in ability to
understand music, he makes the grandiose statement that
music has no value.

That no one but me is willing to call out this nonsense speaks
volumes and makes me wonder if many of you agree with Tom.
If so, I'm sad for you. Pmfan seems to get it. Striving for
improvement is essential. Convincing one's self that their
mediocrity(at best) is of value is pathetic.

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